Short bio Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Full biography Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Bernd Alois Zimmermann was a German composer born on March 20, 1918, and is regarded as one of the most distinctive composers in the musical avant-garde of the 20th century. He is perhaps best known for his opera "Die Soldaten" which is regarded as one of the most avant-garde and technically difficult works in the 20th-century opera repertoire.
Zimmermann's music is often described as complex, dissonant, and heavily influenced by the Second Viennese School, particularly Alban Berg and Anton Webern. He was also known to incorporate elements of jazz, rock, and pop music into his compositions, making him a unique voice in the post-war musical scene.
Zimmermann struggled with depression and alcoholism throughout his life, and these struggles were reflected in his works. His music is often intense, dark, and even apocalyptic, reflecting his own struggles with inner turmoil. On August 10, 1970, Zimmermann tragically ended his own life at the age of 52.
Despite his relatively short life, Zimmermann left an indelible mark on the musical world with his innovative compositions and uncompromising artistic vision. His influence continues to be felt today, and his legacy serves as a testament to the enduring power of avant-garde music.
Compositions featuring Bernd Alois Zimmermann
# | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
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1 | Nachgelassene Stücke (2), for piano | 1:35 min | Keyboard | 1971 |
2 | Kurze Studien (4), for cello | 2:39 min | Chamber Music | 1970 |
3 | Tratto II, choreographic study for tape | 12:16 min | Electronic/Computer Music | 1970 |
4 | Stille und Umkehr, sketch for orchestra | 8:55 min | Orchestral | 1970 |
5 | Ich wandte mich und sah an alles Unrecht, "ecclesiastical action" for 2 speakers, solo voice & orchestra | 34:47 min | Vocal Music | 1970 |
6 | Photoptosis, prelude for large orchestra | 13:48 min | Orchestral | 1968 |
7 | Intercomunicazione, for cello & piano | 22:26 min | Chamber Music | 1967 |
8 | Requiem für einen jungen Dichter, for 2 speakers, 2 solo voices, 3 choruses, orchestra, jazz combo, hammond organ & tape | 63:07 min | Choral | 1967 |
9 | Concerto, for cello & orchestra, in the form "pas de trois" | 23:47 min | Concerto | 1966 |
10 | Un Petit Rien, for chamber orchestra | 6:33 min | Orchestral | 1964 |
11 | Monologe, for 2 pianos (arranged from "Dialogue") | 17:40 min | Keyboard | 1964 |
12 | Tempus loquendi, "elastic piece" for flute, flute in G or bass flute | 12:09 min | Chamber Music | 1963 |
13 | Musique pour les soupers du roi Ubu, "ballet noir" for orchestra | 22:15 min | Orchestral | 1962 |
14 | Giostra Genovese, suite for chamber orchestra | 15:20 min | Orchestral | 1962 |
15 | Antiphonen, for viola & 25 instrumentalists | 16:50 min | Concerto | 1961 |
16 | Presence, "ballet blanc" in five scenes for violin, cello & piano | 28:22 min | Chamber Music | 1961 |
17 | Dialogue, concerto for 2 pianos & large orchestra | 17:00 min | Concerto | 1960 |
18 | Sonata for solo cello | 14:24 min | Chamber Music | 1959 |
19 | Impromptu, for orchestra | 7:26 min | Orchestral | 1958 |
20 | Die Soldaten, symphony for soloists & orchestra | 41:48 min | Symphony | 1957 |
21 | Die Soldaten, symphony for soloists & orchestra | 41:48 min | Symphony | 1957 |
22 | Die Soldaten, opera in 4 acts | 108:20 min | Opera | 1957 |
23 | Omnia tempus habent, cantata for voice & 17 Instruments (on texts of the Vulgate) | 11:03 min | Choral | 1957 |
24 | Canto di Speranza, "cantata" for cello & orchestra | 17:57 min | Concerto | 1957 |
25 | Bolivian Folk Tune Arrangements (3), for orchestra (from Hans Helfritz's "Aru Amunyas") | 5:12 min | Orchestral | 1956 |
26 | Perspektiven, music to an imaginary ballet for 2 pianos | 14:07 min | Keyboard | 1955 |
27 | Sonata for solo viola | 9:14 min | Chamber Music | 1955 |
28 | Trumpet Concerto: "Nobody knows de trouble I see," for trumpet in C & jazz orchestra | 14:00 min | Concerto | 1954 |
29 | Metamorphose, for chamber orchestra | 24:34 min | Orchestral | 1954 |
30 | Konfigurationen (8), pieces for piano | 8:24 min | Keyboard | 1954 |
31 | Kontraste, for chamber orchestra | 12:59 min | Orchestral | 1953 |
32 | Das Gelb und das Grün, music for puppet theater | 9:06 min | Chamber Music | 1952 |
33 | Enchiridion II, 5 exercises for piano | 8:33 min | Keyboard | 1952 |
34 | Oboe Concerto, for oboe & small orchestra | 14:43 min | Concerto | 1952 |
35 | Sonata for solo violin | 10:50 min | Chamber Music | 1951 |
36 | Rheinische Kirmestänze, for 13 wind instruments | 5:43 min | Band Music | 1950 |
37 | Violin Concerto | 17:57 min | Concerto | 1950 |
38 | Concertino for piano & orchestra (after Rachmaninov's Humoresque, Op. 10/5) | 4:36 min | Concerto | 1950 |
39 | Sonata for violin & piano | 14:22 min | Chamber Music | 1950 |
40 | Maman, dites-moi, folk song for voice & orchestra (after J.B. Weckerlin's piano version) | 2:29 min | Vocal Music | 1950 |
41 | Alagoana ("Caprichos Brasileiros"), ballet and ballet suite for orchestra | 29:43 min | Ballet | 1950 |
42 | Jeunes fillettes, folk song for voice & orchestra (after J.B. Weckerlin's piano version) | 1:32 min | Vocal Music | 1950 |
43 | Intermezzo (Valse triste), for orchestra | 2:46 min | Orchestral | 1949 |
44 | Enchiridion I, 8 small pieces for piano | 13:22 min | Keyboard | 1949 |
45 | Concerto, for string orchestra (adapted from String Trio) | 11:23 min | Concerto | 1948 |
46 | Symphony in one Movement, for orchestra | 15:25 min | Symphony | 1947 |
47 | Concerto, for orchestra | 16:58 min | Concerto | 1946 |
48 | Capriccio, improvisations for piano on folksong melodies | 10:28 min | Keyboard | 1946 |
49 | Geistliche Lieder (3), songs for voice & piano | 6:36 min | Vocal Music | 1946 |
50 | String Trio | 13:49 min | Chamber Music | 1944 |
51 | Kleine Suite, for violin & piano | 9:18 min | Chamber Music | 1942 |
52 | Lieder (5), songs for voice & piano | 8:49 min | Vocal Music | 1942 |
53 | Aria (Larghetto molto) for violin & piano | 2:30 min | Chamber Music | 1942 |
54 | Early Pieces (3), for piano | 8:33 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
55 | Songs (3), for voice & piano ("Aus dem Nachlass") | 9:18 min | Vocal Music | 1939 |
56 | Extemporale (5), pieces for piano | 13:28 min | Keyboard | 1938 |
57 | Enchiridion Appendix, 3 pieces for piano | 3:25 min | Keyboard | - |
58 | Bergère légère, folk song for voice & orchestra (after J.B. Weckerlin's piano version) | 1:09 min | Vocal Music | - |
Albums featuring Bernd Alois Zimmermann
# | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
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1 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Heinz Holliger – Recomposed(3×CD, ) | 2022 | WERGO | |
2 | B.A. Zimmermann, Hindrichs, Radziejewska, Ranch, Tantsits, Begemann, Katzameier, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Emilio Pomàrico – Sinfonien (Live)(CD, ) | 2021 | bastille musique | |
3 | Zimmermann · Ligeti · Crumb · Lopez · Nono · Feldman · Cage · Kurtág · Kagel · Boulez · Gielen - SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden U. Freiburg, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Des SWR, SWR Vokalensemble, Michael Gielen – Edition Vol. 10 1969-2010: Musik | 2021 | SWR Music | |
4 | Trio Gaspard, Haydn, Zimmermann, Schubert – Live In Berlin(2×CD, Album) | 2020 | Avi-Music | |
5 | Elisabeth Kufferath, Zimmermann ∙ Encke ∙ Schachtner ∙ Eötvös – Two(CD, Stereo) | 2020 | Avi-Music | |
6 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Eduardo Fernández (2) – Complete Works for Piano(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo) | 2020 | BIS | |
7 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Leila Josefowicz, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu – Violin Concerto / Photoptosis / Die Soldaten - Vocal Symphony | 2019 | Ondine | |
8 | Mozart, Debussy, Zimmermann, Gülru Ensari & Herbert Schuch – Dialogues(CD, Album) | 2018 | Avi-Music | |
9 | Manuel Blanco (2), Orquesta Nacional De España, Josep Pons, Zimmerman, Haydn, Tomasi, L. Mozart, Nathan – Fearless(CD, Album) | 2017 | Decca | |
10 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann Und Das Symphonische Spätwerk(3×SACD, Hybrid) | 2017 | Cybele | |
11 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Peter Hirsch – Sinfonie In Einem Satz (1. Fassung)(CD, Album) | 2016 | WERGO | |
12 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Andreas Skouras – Complete Works For Piano Solo(CD, ) | 2016 | NEOS | |
13 | Cathy Krier - Berg · Schönberg · Zimmermann · Liszt – Piano - 20th Century | 2015 | Avi-Music | |
14 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens – Modern Times(CD, ) | 2014 | Capriccio (2) | |
15 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann / Wiener Philharmoniker / Ingo Metzmacher / Alvis Hermanis – Die Soldaten(Blu-ray, ) | 2013 | EuroArts | |
16 | Johannes Brahms, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Reinhold Friedrich, Naomi Seiler, Philharmonisches Orchester Der Hansestadt Lübeck, Roman Brogli-Sacher – Brahms IV: Virtuose Moderne(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album) | 2013 | Musicaphon | |
17 | Alison Balsom, Arutiunian · MacMillan · Zimmermann – Seraph (Trumpet Concertos)(CD, Album, Compilation) | 2012 | EMI Classics | |
18 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Anna Prohaska, Cordelia Höfer, Alessandro Cappone, Rachel Schmidt, Trio Berlin – Initiale - Lieder Und Frühe Kammermusik(CD, Album) | 2011 | WERGO | |
19 | MusikFabrik - Rebecca Saunders | Mauro Lanza | Nicolaus A. Huber | Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Sichtbare Spuren | Visible Traces(CD, ) | 2010 | Wergo | |
20 | Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Susanna Mälkki / Marco Blaauw, Poppe, Hindemith, Zimmermann – Gleichzeit – Eine Musikalische Zeitreise(CD, ) | 2009 | Ensemble Modern Medien | |
21 | Requiem Für Einen Jungen Dichter(SACD, Hybrid) | 2008 | Cybele | |
22 | Hartmann, Zimmermann, Berio, Chong, Wibert Aerts – Violin Faces(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2008 | Fuga Libera | |
23 | Canto Di Speranza(CD, Album) | 2008 | ECM Records | |
24 | Peter Eötvös | Bernd Alois Zimmermann | Martin Smolka • Chor Und Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks – Musica Viva 15(CD, ) | 2007 | Neos | |
25 | Hartmann | Eisler | Reutter | Kochan | Zimmermann – Sologesang Mit Orchester 1950-1975(CD, Compilation) | 2006 | RCA Red Seal | |
26 | Wagner-Régeny | B. A. Zimmermann | Klebe | Zechlin | Stockhausen | Baur | Heider | U. Zimmermann | Kagel – Musik Für Soloinstrumente 1950-1965(CD, Compilation) | 2006 | RCA Red Seal | |
27 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Igor Stravinsky, György Ligeti, Wolfgang Fortner, Nikita Magaloff, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand – Günter Wand-Edition Volume 9(CD, Album, Remastered) | 2006 | Profil Edition Günter Hänssler | |
28 | Fortner | Meyer | Wagner-Régeny | Beyer | B.A. Zimmermann – Chorgesang Mit Orchester 1948-1970(CD, Compilation) | 2005 | RCA Red Seal | |
29 | Un Petit Rien - Das Gelb Und Das Grün - Omnia Tempus Habent - Metamorphose(CD, ) | 2005 | WERGO | |
30 | Cilenšek | Finke | Liebermann | Zimmermann | Klebe – Konzerte 1950-1960(CD, Compilation) | 2004 | RCA Red Seal | |
31 | B.A. Zimmermann | Fritsch | Schnittke | Wissmann | Oehring – Tanztheater: Motive Der Weltliteratur(CD, Compilation) | 2004 | RCA Red Seal | |
32 | Egk | Blacher | Henze | B.A. Zimmermann | Matthus | Humel | Katzer – Tanztheater 1948-1975(CD, Compilation) | 2004 | RCA Red Seal | |
33 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Friedrich Gauwerky, Ian Pace (2), Peter Sheppard Skaerved – Chamber Music(CD, ) | 2003 | Albedo | |
34 | Zimmermann / Karlowicz / Dvorák - Landes Jugend Orchester Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ida Bieler, Hubert Buchberger – Musique Pour Les Soupres Du Roi Ubu / Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester / Symphonie Nr. 7(2×CD, ) | 2003 | Not On Label | |
35 | Denissow / Eschpaj / Goldmann / Kirchner / B.A. Zimmermann – Oboenkonzerte(2×CD, Compilation) | 2003 | hr-musik.de | |
36 | Märchensuite, Canto di Speranza, Impromptu, Alagoana. Caprichos Brasileiros(CD, Album) | 2002 | WERGO | |
37 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann / Bernhard Kontarsky – Die Soldaten(DVD, PAL, Stereo) | 2002 | Arthaus Musik | |
38 | Lajos Lencsés, Richard Strauss, Charles Koechlin, Benjamin Britten, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart – Masterpieces For Oboe(CD, ) | 2001 | Hänssler Classic | |
39 | J.S. Bach, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Krzysztof Penderecki, Béla Bartók, György Ligeti , Vidor Nagy – J.S. Bach Und Das 20. Jahrhundert(CD, Album) | 2001 | Cadenza (4) | |
40 | Galina Ustwolskaja / Wolfgang Rihm / Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Musica Viva 03: Sinfonie Nr. 3 / Musik Für Klarinette Und Orchester / Photoptosis(CD, ) | 2001 | col legno | |
41 | Présence • Intercomunicazione(CD, Album) | 1997 | WERGO | |
42 | Ingo Metzmacher, Bamberger Symphoniker / Zimmermann, Hartmann, Stravinsky – Hartmann Symphonien No. 2 & 5(CD, Album) | 1997 | EMI Classics | |
43 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Grau & Schumacher, piano duet, Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Bernhard Kontarsky – Dialoge · Monologe · Perspektiven · Photoptosis(CD, Album) | 1997 | col legno | |
44 | Zimmermann / Siegfried Palm, Eckart Schloifer, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Hans Zender – Cello Concerto • Impromptu • Antiphonen • Photoptosis(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1997 | cpo | |
45 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann / Tabea Zimmermann, Ensemble Modern, Hans Zender – Antiphonen · Omnia Tempus Habent · Présence | 1996 | RCA Victor Red Seal | |
46 | Thomas Demenga - J.S. Bach / B.A. Zimmermann – J.S. Bach / B.A. Zimmermann(CD, Album) | 1996 | ECM Records | |
47 | Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Luis De Pablo, Tona Scherchen, Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Eberhard Blum – Alea(CD, Album) | 1995 | hat ART | |
48 | Requiem Für Einen Jungen Dichter = Requiem For A Young Poet(CD, Album) | 1995 | Sony Classical | |
49 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Siegmund Nimsgern, Will Quadflieg, Christoph Bantzer, Das Symphonieorchester Der Stadt Münster In Kooperation Mit Den Brandenburger Symphonikern, Will Humburg, Beppe Crosta, Wim Janssen, Guido Boselli – Ekklesiastische Aktion | Ich | 1994 | Stradivarius | |
50 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Michael Bach, Bernhard Wambach – Music For Cello And Piano(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1994 | cpo | |
51 | Hummel, Haydn, Gruner, Hartmann, Zimmermann, Jouko Harjanne, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste – Trumpet Concertos(CD, ) | 1994 | Finlandia Records | |
52 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Schiff, Holliger, Hardenberger, SWF Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Michael Gielen – Concertos(CD, Stereo) | 1993 | Philips | |
53 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann / Saschko Gawriloff, Siegfried Palm, Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky – Présence · Intercomunicazione · Perspectives · Monologues(CD, Album, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo) | 1993 | Deutsche Grammophon | |
54 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Staatstheater Stuttgarter, Bernhard Kontarsky – Die Soldaten | 1991 | Teldec | |
55 | Hindemith, Merikanto, Lindberg, Zimmermann, Anssi Karttunen, London Sinfonietta, Esa-Pekka Salonen – Hindemith Merikanto Lindberg Zimmermann, Karttunen London Sinfonietta Salonen | 1990 | Finlandia Records | |
56 | Requiem Für Einen Jungen Dichter | 1989 | WERGO | |
57 | Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Maurice Ravel, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Kolja Blacher, Alan Marks – Drei Romanzen, Sonaten Violine und Klavier | 1987 | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | |
58 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Luigi Dallapiccola, Tilo Medek, Karlheinz Stockhausen – Stücke Für Violoncello(LP, Compilation) | 1987 | Edition Michael Frauenlob Bauer | |
59 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Tiny Wirtz – Das Gesamt-Solo-Werk Für Klavier | 1986 | Preciosa AULOS | |
60 | Dimitri Mitropoulos - Gustav Mahler / Bernd-Aloïs Zimmermann - Orchestra Sinfonica Della WDR Di Colonia, Lothar Faber – Sinfonia N.6 In La Minore "Tragica" / Concerto Per Oboe E Piccola Orchestra(2×LP, Album, Stereo) | 1981 | Fonit Cetra | |
61 | György Ligeti / Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky – Drei Stücke Für Zwei Klaviere = Three Pieces For Two Pianos / Perspektiven / Monologe(LP, Stereo) | 1980 | Deutsche Grammophon | |
62 | Requiem Für Einen Jungen Dichter - Lingual - 1967-1969(LP, Album) | 1980 | Kulturkreis Im Bundesverband Der Deutschen Industrie | |
63 | Siegfried Palm, Aloys Kontarsky - Webern, Xenakis, Kagel, Zimmermann, Penderecki, Brown, Yun – Zeitgenössische Cellomusik | 1975 | Orbis (2) | |
64 | Henze, Zimmermann, Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Artur Grüber, Siegfried Köhler (2), Susanne Lautenbacher – Violin Concerto No.1 / Violin Concerto | 1973 | Candide | |
65 | Concerto Pour Violoncelle / Photoptosis / Tratto II | 1972 | WERGO | |
66 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann / Oskar Gottlieb Blarr / Georg Kröll / Gruppe 8 – Musica Sacra Nova III - In Memoriam Bernd Alois Zimmermann(LP, Album) | 1971 | Schwann AMS Studio | |
67 | Zimmermann / Schnebel – Présence / Glossolalie(LP) | 1971 | Deutsche Grammophon | |
68 | Berio / Gruppe Nuova Consonanza / Kagel / Zimmermann / Stockhausen / Cage – Zeitgenössische Musik II(LP, Compilation) | 1970 | Deutsche Grammophon | |
69 | Siegfried Palm - György Ligeti / K. Penderecki / Anton Webern / Paul Hindemith / B.A. Zimmermann – Konzert Für Violoncello Und Orchester / Sonata Per Cello E Orchestra / Drei Kleine Stücke Für Violoncello Und Klavier (1914) / Sonate Für Violoncello Allein | 1969 | WERGO | |
70 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann / Saschko Gawriloff / Siegfried Palm / Aloys Kontarsky – Présence: Ballet Blanc En Cinq Scènes Pour Violon, Violoncelle Et Piano / Intercomunicazione Per Violoncello Et Pianoforte | 1969 | Deutsche Grammophon | |
71 | Die Befristeten / Improvisationen Über Die Oper "Die Soldaten" / Tratto | 1967 | Wergo | |
72 | Die Soldaten, Oper In 4 Akten Nach J.M.R. Lenz | 1965 | WERGO | |
73 | Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Jacques Ibert, Richard Strauss, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Kammermusik Für Bläser(LP, Album) | - | WTB Leasing | |
74 | Schönberg / Berg / Zimmermann • Martin Mumelter | RSO Wien / Caridis • TSO Innsbruck / Keuschnig • Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Eötvös – Violinkonzerte(CD, Compilation) | - | LondonHALL | |
75 | Gustav Rivinius, Paul Rivinius - Brahms, Zimmermann, Boccherini – Brahms Zimmermann Boccherini(CD, Album, Reissue) | - | Ars Musici | |
76 | Die Soldaten(DVD, DVD-Video, PAL, Stereo, DVD, DVD-Video, PAL, Stereo) | - | Arthaus Musik | |
77 | Die Soldaten(DVD, PAL, Reissue, Stereo) | - | Zweitausendeins | |
78 | Gustav Rivinius, Brahms, Zimmermann, Boccherini – Brahms Zimmermann Boccherini(CD, Album, Reissue) | - | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi |
Videos featuring Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Zimmermann: Présence; Perspektiven; Intercomunicazione; Monologe
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Released on: 2007-0
">Zimmermann: "Monologues" for Two Pianos - 1.
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Zimmermann: Présence; Perspektiven; Intercomunicazione; Monologe
℗ 1980 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2007-0
Violin Concerto: I. Sonata
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Violin Concerto: I. Sonata · Martin Mumelter
Musica Viva, Vol. 15 - Eötvös - B.A. Zimmermann - Smolka
℗ 2013 NEOS Music
Released on: 2013-08-01
Artist: Martin Mumelter
Conductor: Peter Eotvos
Orchestra: Bavaria
Kirill Petrenko conducts the final scene from Bernd Alois Zimmermann's DIE SOLDATEN
Final scene from Bernd Alois Zimmermann's DIE SOLDATEN at the Bayerische Staatsoper (premiere on May 25, 2014).
Musical direction: Kirill Petrenko
Stage direction: Andreas Kriegenburg
Marie: Barbara Hannigan
Stolzius: Michael Nagy
Wesener: Christoph Ste
The Manfred Schoof Quintet.
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">Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Befristeten (1967)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970): Die Befristeten (The Numbered), Ode to freedom in the form of a dance of death for jazz quintet from the music to the radio play "The Numbered" by Elias Canetti (1967).
The Manfred Schoof Quintet.
Cover image: paintin
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Extemporale, 5 Pieces for Piano (1943) / Wirtz
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Extemporale, 5 Pieces for Piano (1943)
Piano: Tiny Wirtz
I. Praeludium (Sarabande)
II. Invention 3:06
III. Siciliano 4:25
IV. Bolero 7:03
V. Finale 11:06
Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Die Soldaten (1960-64)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-70) - Die Soldaten (1960-64)
Act 1
Preludio : 0:00
(Fanfare : 5:00)
Scene 1 (Strophe) : 5:27
Scene 2 (Ciacona I) : 11:00
Scene 3 (Ricercari I) : 13:49
Scene 4 (Toccata I) : 22:28
Scene 5 (Nocturno I) : 26:40
Act 2
(Preludio
Die Soldaten Stuttgart 1989 (Bernd Alois Zimmermann)
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem für einen jungen Dichter - Prolog - Requiem I & II - Ricercar
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970)
Requiem für einen jungen Dichter (1967 - 1969)
Lingual for Speakers, Soprano and Baritone Solos, Three choirs, Electronic sounds, Orchestra, Jazz band and Organ, based on texts by diverse poets, reports and accounts
Violin Concerto: II. Fantasia
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Violin Concerto: II. Fantasia · Martin Mumelter
Musica Viva, Vol. 15 - Eötvös - B.A. Zimmermann - Smolka
℗ 2013 NEOS Music
Released on: 2013-08-01
Artist: Martin Mumelter
Conductor: Peter Eotvos
Orchestra: Bava
Zimmermann: Présence; Perspektiven; Intercomunicazione; Monologe
℗ 1980 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2007-0
">Zimmermann: "Monologues" for Two Pianos - 2.
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Zimmermann: "Monologues" for Two Pianos - 2. · Aloys Kontarsky · Alfons Kontarsky
Zimmermann: Présence; Perspektiven; Intercomunicazione; Monologe
℗ 1980 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2007-0
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Soldaten - Vocal Symphony (1959-63)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970)
Die Soldaten, vocal symphony from the opera,
for six soloists (coloratura soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass) and orchestra (1959-63)
Marie: Edith Kertész-Gabry
Stolzius' Mother: Barbara Scherler
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem für einen jungen Dichter - Dona nobis pacem
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970)
Requiem für einen jungen Dichter (1967 - 1969)
Lingual for Speakers, Soprano and Baritone Solos, Three choirs, Electronic sounds, Orchestra, Jazz band and Organ, based on texts by diverse poets, reports and accounts
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo
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Violin Concerto: III. Rondo · Martin Mumelter
Musica Viva, Vol. 15 - Eötvös - B.A. Zimmermann - Smolka
℗ 2013 NEOS Music
Released on: 2013-08-01
Artist: Martin Mumelter
Conductor: Peter Eotvos
Orchestra: Bavari
Zimmermann: Présence; Perspektiven; Intercomunicazione; Monologe
℗ 1980 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2007-0
">Zimmermann: "Monologues" for Two Pianos - 3.
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Zimmermann: "Monologues" for Two Pianos - 3. · Aloys Kontarsky · Alfons Kontarsky
Zimmermann: Présence; Perspektiven; Intercomunicazione; Monologe
℗ 1980 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2007-0
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem für einen jungen Dichter - Lamento
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970)
Requiem für einen jungen Dichter (1967 - 1969)
Lingual for Speakers, Soprano and Baritone Solos, Three choirs, Electronic sounds, Orchestra, Jazz band and Organ, based on texts by diverse poets, reports and accounts
F. Goldmann: Oboenkonzert (1978/79)
Fabian Menzel, Oboe
RSO Frankfurt
Ltg. F. Goldmann
Konzertmitschnitt 1990
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Tratto II (1969)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970): Tratto II, per nastro magnetico (1969)
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Zimmermann: Perspectives Music for an imaginary ballet for two pianos - 1. Grave
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Zimmermann: Perspectives Music for an imaginary ballet for two pianos - 1. Grave · Aloys Kontarsky · Alfons Kontarsky
Zimmermann: Présence; Perspektiven; Intercomunicazione; Monologe
℗ 1980 Deutsche Grammoph
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem für einen junger Dichter - Rappresentazione
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970)
Requiem für einen jungen Dichter (1967 - 1969)
Lingual for Speakers, Soprano and Baritone Solos, Three choirs, Electronic sounds, Orchestra, Jazz band and Organ, based on texts by diverse poets, reports and accounts
Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews: No. 1. Pleiades
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Musica Viva, Vol. 15 - Eötvös - B.A. Zimmermann - Smolka
℗ 2013 NEOS Music
Released on: 2013-08-01
Artist: Wolfram Winkel
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Zimmermann: Présence - V. Pas d'action et finale
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Zimmermann: Présence; Perspektiven; Intercomunicazione; Monologe
℗ 1969 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berli
Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews: No. 4. Blackberries
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Musica Viva, Vol. 15 - Eötvös - B.A. Zimmermann - Smolka
℗ 2013 NEOS Music
Released on: 2013-08-01
Artist: Wolfram Winkel
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem für einen junger Dichter - Tratto
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970)
Requiem für einen jungen Dichter (1967 - 1969)
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Webern: Cello Sonata (1914)
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Webern: Cello Sonata (1914) · Siegfried Palm · Aloys Kontarsky
Intercomunicazione - Cello Recital
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2002-01-01
Producer, Executive Producer, Studio
Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews: No. 5. Cypress
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Musica Viva, Vol. 15 - Eötvös - B.A. Zimmermann - Smolka
℗ 2013 NEOS Music
Released on: 2013-08-01
Artist: Wolfram Winkel
Choir: B
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem für einen junger Dichter - Elegia
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970)
Requiem für einen jungen Dichter (1967 - 1969)
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V.D. Kirchner: Oboenkonzert (1997/98), Uraufführung
Fabian Menzel, Oboe
RSO Frankfurt
E. Inbal, Ltg.
Radiosendung Konzertmitschntt 1998
Iannis Xenakis - Nomos Alpha (w/ score) (for solo cello) (1965)
Pierre Strauch
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Webern, Anton von - Three Little Pieces, Op 11
Work: Three Little Pieces (Drei Kleine Stücke), Op. 11
Composer: Webern, Anton von (December 3, 1883 — September 15, 1945)
Year(s) of composition: 1914
Year of first publication: 1924
Performer(s): Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud
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Penderecki: Capriccio per Siegfried Palm (1968)
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Penderecki: Capriccio per Siegfried Palm (1968) · Siegfried Palm
Intercomunicazione - Cello Recital
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2002-01-01
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Brown: Music for Cello and Piano (1955)
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Brown: Music for Cello and Piano (1955) · Siegfried Palm · Aloys Kontarsky
Intercomunicazione - Cello Recital
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2002-01-01
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Isang Yun: Glissées (1970)
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Isang Yun: Glissées (1970) · Siegfried Palm
Intercomunicazione - Cello Recital
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2002-01-01
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